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A. SKEFFINGTON.

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APPLmATIoN FILED 110.24, 1911.

Patented Oct. 8, 1912.

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APPLIUATION FILED AUG. 24, 1911.

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ARTHUR SKEFFINGTON, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

INVALID-BED.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 8,1912.

Application iiled August 24, 1911. Serial No. 645,837.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR SirnrriNo- TON, a subject of the Kingof-England, residing at Blackheath, London, England, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Invalid-Beds, of which thefollowing is a specification..

My invention relates to an improved invalid bed, in which a mattresscomposed of transverse "sections, certain of which sections comprise aseries of longitudinal units, is supported by a main frame to permit.ready interchange of' said several mattress sections and independentlowering of said longitudinal units.

My invention relates further to an improved invalid bed, in which thetransverse mattress sections can be lowered from the main frame, andsaid frame shifted and locked in different positions.

In theaccompanying drawings :#Figure l is a perspective View of a framewith a sectional mattress constructed according to this invention; Fig.2 is a fragmentary sectional view on the line 2--2 of Fig. l; Fig. 3 isa plan of a detail of Fig. l, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing amodified form of the apparatus.

Like letters indicate like parts throughout the drawings.

The main frame A may be of an le iron of L shaped cross-section, thefoot o the L being turned inward to form a horizontal ledge A1 as shownat the left-hand end of Fig. l where part is broken away to illustrateit and in plan in Fig. 3. The frame may lie on a bedstead or b eotherwise su ported as found convenient. Free to sli e on the ledge A1is an auxiliary frame B which may be similarly constructed of angleiron. rllhe frame B in the drawing is shown in the middle position onthe frame A and on each side of itl are transverse mattress sections C.These may be supported by boards C1 bridged across the open spacebetween the longitudinal members of the frame A and resting on the ledgeA1. The auxiliary transverse frame B carries a trans- 'verse mattresssection comprising a series of ndent longitudinal units B1 supportedongitudinaly-extending boards B1*.

inde by ,One of said boards is shown hinged to the transverse frame B atB2' for downward swing; a suitable latch Ba bein provided on said fra-mefor locking sai board in position.

` fastenings F1.

Vith the frame a lifting apparatus (Fig. 4) is illustrated as applied toa bedstead and comprises a roller D mounted in bearings on each end ofthe bed and operated by worin gearing E. The roller is normally employedfor operating a long sheet and the frame fast on the roller spindle. Thecables travei'se the length of the frame and pass over 'loose'pulleys Dsat the other end of the `bedstead being guided by intermediate pulleysD1 and secured to the mattress suplporting frame at D. Instead of this,liowever, the roller itself may be employed for lifting by attaching ashort portion of sheeting F to the roller D", its free end beingconnected to the frame by chain or other A second roller would then beemployed at the opposite end of the bedstead and a short sheet portionsimilar to the portion F used to connect the roller at that end of thebedstead with the corresponding end of thc mattress frame; thus byoperating the two rollers the whole frame withv the sectional mattressand the patient thereon can be lifted. IStuds Fzare shown at theleft-hand end of the frame, Fig. l, to receive the chain connections tothe sheet. In the known form of apparatus the rollers are for operatinga long sheet and thus by using sheet portions F to lift the frame, onlyone kind of connection need be employed for the roller so that anyperson can' readily connect these two sheet portions for lifting theframe.

The operation of this apparatus is as follows The mattress sections areso arranged that a atient who perhaps has some spinal complaintnecessitating constant dressing of the back, can be so placed that oneof the independent longitudinal mattress units will be positionedopposite the part requiring dressing. The requisite adjustment of theportion can be effected by putting a greater or smaller number ofundivided sections at one end of the frame than the other and withoutinconvenience. A cor B* may :is lifted by cables D1 secured to pulleysD2` The swinging longitudinal mattress unit is preferably secured to itssu porting board so that it does not .come -a ift when the board ismoved. The board may be hinged at one side instead of one end.

In a modified form of this invention shown in Fig. 4, the transversemattress sec- 5 tion G'4 is supported in a well known manner by 'bandsor straps G1 which are fixed by buckle fastenings to the longitudinalmembers of a frame II. Thus by unfastenin the buckled ends fromv one lon'tudin'a member the section can be droppe swing' ikrlig about the othermember, or by -unbuc- 1n In t is gure the auxiliary frame J for thelongitudinal mattress units J1 is carried by hangers J2 that rest on thelongitudinal members ofthe frame H and can be slid along the same orlifted therefrom.

1What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patentis 1. In an invalid bed, the. combination oit' i a sectional mattress, amain vframe supportboth ends the section can be removed. f

it norma y up in Loeof/ee ing the sections of the mattress, a frameslidable on th'e main frame and carrying sections o the mattress whosedivisions are parallel with the longitudinal axis of the bed, and meansfor lowering one of these sections without disturbing any other section.

2. In an invalid bed the combination of a sectional mattress, a mainframe supporting the sections of the mattress, a frame carrying sectionsof the mattress whose divisions are parallel with the lon itudinal axisof the bed, and slidable on t e main frame to be interchangeable inposition with other sections of the mattress.

8. In an invalid bed the combination of 1a sectional mattress, a mainframe supportf ing the sections ofthe mattress, a frame slldable on themain frame and carrying sections l of the mattress whose divisions areparallel rwith. the longitudinal axis ofv the bed, a

4hinged support on said slidable'frame for one of said sections wherebythe latter can be swun downward, and means for holding osition. Intestimony w ereof I have signed my name to this specification inthepresence of two subscribing wltnesses.

ARTHUR v SKEFFINGTON.

Witnesses:

Harrow ll-I. SrMMoNs, A. M. HAYWARD.

